About Brian Riley

2013-2014 is my 19th year teaching in the Dearborn Public Schools. Graduate of Michigan State University. B.S. Civil Engineering. Graduate of California State University. Secondary Teaching Certificate Graduate of Wayne State University. M. A. Sports Administration. Prior to Teaching at the Early College I taught for 13 years at Fordson High School where I coached baseball for 16 years. Born and raised in Rochester, Michigan Graduate of Rochester Adams High School

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Bellwork reviewed simplifying radical expressions (Sec 7-1).

Hwk #2 is due today.

The remainder of the period we continued our discussion on Sec 7-2 multiplying and dividing rational expressions.

Hwk #3 is due tomorrow:

Sec 7-2, Page 377, Problems 17-19, 24-26.

Click on the links below for today’s bellwork, bellwork answers, and notes/examples from today’s lesson:

Bellwork 2-4-14

Bellwork Answers 2-4-14

Notes 2-4-14

Monday, February 3, 2014

Bellwork:  Review ACT math problems.

The remainder of the period we finished our discussion on Sec 7-1:  Simplifying radical expressions. 

We then began our discussion on Sec 7-2:  Multiplying and Dividing Radical Expressions.

Hwk #2 is due tomorrow:

Sec 7-1, pages 372-373, Problems 23, 27, 43-45, 50

Click on the links below for today’s bellwork, bellwork answers, and notes/examples from today’s lesson:

Bellwork 2-3-14

Bellwork Answers 2-3-14

Notes 2-3-14

Friday, January 31, 2014

Bellwork was practice ACT math questions.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 7-1.

Hwk #1 is due today.

No homework was assigned today.  The next homework to be assigned will be:

Hwk #2.   Sec 7-1.  Pages 372-373.  Problems 23, 27, 43-45, 50

(This will be assigned on Monday and due on Tuesday)

Review for Chapter 7 was provided to the students today.

Click on the links below for today’s bellwork, bellwork answers, and notes/examples from today’s lesson:

Bellwork 1-31-14

Bellwork Answers 1-31-14

Notes 1-31-14

Thursday, January 30, 2014

First full day of the Spring Semester:

Bellwork reviewed finding roots of a number and the results of raising a number to a fractional exponent.

The remainder of the period we discussed Sec 7-4:  Rational Exponents.

We also started discussing even and odd roots of a number, Sec 7-1.

Hwk #1 was assigned, due tomorrow:

Sec 7-4

Pages 388-389

Problems 11, 12 ,18, 22, 47, 78

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Belllwork 1-30-14

Bellwork Answers 1-30-14

Notes 1-30-14